Quick Answer
A flexi-desk is a shared or part-time workspace in a free zone that satisfies a company's office requirement at low cost. It provides a registered business address and is the cheapest premises option for small free-zone companies.
Every UAE company needs a registered premises to hold its licence, but a full private office is expensive and unnecessary for a one- or two-person business. A flexi-desk answers this by giving the company a desk in a shared facility — used on a part-time or hot-desk basis — plus a registered address that the free-zone authority accepts for licensing.
Beyond satisfying the licence requirement, a flexi-desk usually unlocks a limited number of residency-visa quotas (often one to three), provides mail handling and meeting-room access, and keeps annual overheads low. It is the default starting point for freelancers and early-stage founders in free zones.
Flexi-desk packages commonly run AED 5,000–15,000 per year, frequently bundled with the trade licence. As a company hires and needs more visa quota, it upgrades to a dedicated office. ZETUP PRO matches the client's headcount and visa needs to the right premises tier when forming the company.
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